WHAT’S IN A NAME? THE PLACES WHERE HISTORY HAPPENED

WHAT’S IN A NAME? THE PLACES WHERE HISTORY HAPPENED

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7/16/2025-8/20/2025
9:15 AM-10:15 AM on Wed
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WHAT’S IN A NAME? THE PLACES WHERE HISTORY HAPPENED

Wednesday Classes | Available

9:15-10:15 am | Wednesdays, July 16 through August 20
$50/$90 for the series or $10/$15 per lecture | Pre-registration is preferred; walk-up attendees pay more at the door.

Certain locations have immediate name recognition for their association with specific people or events. Although the list comprising this series deliberately excludes battle sites, each place name evokes a major historical memory. These lectures examine the location and its story.

 

ELBA
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Janet Stone | Wednesday, July 16

Napoleon “ruled” this tiny island for ten months, but it could not contain him.

GIVERNY
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Linda McWhorter | Wednesday, July 23

Claude Monet created a magical landscape in Normandy to be his home and his inspiration, as well as to other artists, including Americans.


YALTA
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Janet Stone | Wednesday, July 30

The controversial conference of February 1945 set the stage for post-war Europe.


MONTICELLO
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Roger Smith | Wednesday, August 6

Thomas Jefferson made and remade his house on the mountaintop, setting the scene for major events in early American history.


HARPERS FERRY
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Roger Smith | Wednesday, August 13

The site of John Brown’s 1859 raid is synonymous with extreme abolitionism.


OAK RIDGE
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Janet Stone | Wednesday, August 20

Acres of quiet farmland in eastern Tennessee became this “Atomic City” for the Manhattan Project.

 

 


  • Recorded and subsequently distributed electronically via email.

    Linda McWhorter is an art historian who has researched numerous lectures and travel programs for The Learning Center, including a visit to Giverny.

    Roger Smith taught American literature and served as director of education for the Georgia Historical Society before leading The Learning Center starting in 2006.

    Janet Stone retired in 2007 from career-length service on the history faculty of Armstrong State University. In her retirement, she has offered frequent courses at TLC on a variety of historical topics.

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